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Israel and favorite Finland advance to the Eurovision final as 5 countries are sent home

By JILL LAWLESS and PHILIPP JENNE
May 13, 2026 7:15 am - Ten countries including favorite Finland and contentious competitor Israel won places Tuesday in the Eurovision Song Contest final, while five nations were sent home after the first day of competition in the pop music extravaganza.
Trump FDA chief is leaving after angering pharma CEOs, vaping lobbyists and anti-abortion groups

By MATTHEW PERRONE and SEUNG MIN KIM
May 12, 2026 3:51 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Marty Makary, is resigning after a rocky tenure that drew months of complaints from health industry ex...
Ship operator and employee are charged in crash that caused the deadly collapse of Baltimore bridge

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ED WHITE
May 12, 2026 3:49 pm - BALTIMORE (AP) — Prosecutors announced criminal charges Tuesday in the deadly 2024 collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, accusing a Singapore-based ship opera...
US hotel operators say promised boon from hosting World Cup hasn’t materialized yet

By PHILIP MARCELO
May 12, 2026 2:56 pm - The promised economic boon from the World Cup hasn’t matched expectations, at least not yet, for U.S. hotels. Room bookings have been lighter than expected in most of the 11 U.S. cities hosting the world’s most watched sporting event, according to an April survey by the American Hotel & Lodging Association.
The Iran war is hitting home as gasoline prices fuel inflation surge of 3.8% in the US

By PAUL WISEMAN
May 12, 2026 1:40 pm - U.S. consumer prices climbed sharply again last month as the 10-week war with Iran delivered higher gasoline prices and more pain for Americans. The Labor Department's consumer price index rose 3.8% from April 2025, the biggest jump in three years, and up from a 3.3% year-over-year gain in March.
Eurovision song competition starts with the first semifinal after boycott over Israel

By PHILIPP JENNE
May 12, 2026 7:16 am - Competition starts Tuesday at the Eurovision Song Contest, with divisions over Israel’s participation hanging over the 70th birthday of the over-the-top pop music extravaganza.
Supreme Court temporarily extends women’s access to widely used abortion pill

By MARK SHERMAN, GEOFF MULVIHILL and MATTHEW PERRONE
May 11, 2026 4:57 pm - The Supreme Court is leaving women’s access to a widely used abortion pill untouched until at least Thursday, while the justices consider whether to allow restrictions on the drug, mifepristone, to take effect.
Democrats ask the Supreme Court to halt a Virginia ruling blocking new congressional districts

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and LINDSAY WHITEHURST
May 11, 2026 4:55 pm - Democrats on Monday filed an emergency appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to halt a Virginia ruling invalidating a ballot measure that would have given their party an additional four winnable U.S. House seats.
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and KEVIN FREKING
May 11, 2026 2:35 pm - Republicans returning to Washington on Monday are facing questions about a $1 billion Senate security proposal that could help pay for President Donald Trump’s ballroom as Democrats say they will try to defeat it.
Trump says he'll move to suspend federal gasoline tax. He can't do it on his own

By MATTHEW DALY
May 11, 2026 1:19 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday he will move to suspend the federal tax on gasoline to help Americans shoulder surging fuel prices caused by the Iran...

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